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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Aristotle <aristotle@ihug.com.au>
  Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:37:19 +1030

Re: Evolution 0.99

On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:22:04PM +1030, Aristotle wrote:

> No - not almost - I just go to an ISP that does not charge for nominal 
> usage.  The one I am with does not have a limit at all - just fair usage 
> - ie - don't go nuts - that sounds fair to me.

The thing is, there's a certain definition of "don't go nuts" that
appeals to the ISP owner, and a definition that appeals to the
consumer. They're generally in contradiction of each other.

How much do you pay for your Internet connection? $30 or $40 per
month? Just so you know, the barely covers the cost of the rental of
1/30th of an ISDN PRI connection required to accept your connection.

Then there's data. You're (apparently) an iHug customer, so I daresay
they'd be purchasing their data at "reasonable" rates. It's still
costing them a shitload to pay for the 300-400MB that (I'm guessing
here) you download each month.

> I think Australia has a problem with bandwidth supply.  Will any of us 
> ever look at lobying the Liberals about this?

Read the archives for *detailed* analysis of the issue, complete with
the political and economic reasons for it being in its current state.

   - andrew

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